Metal Show for the week of 10/06/2013 - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's show features metal from around the world including new tracks from Subrosa, With The End in Mind, Ellende and more! New spoken content coming up soon! Playlist can be found at: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/7774 Interview archives of the show can be found at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org You can contact the hosts for criticisms, critiques, concerns, questions, conundrums, quandries (wait, that's the same as questions, right....damn) by emailing us at thefinalstrawradio( aT)riseup...Keywords:ashevillefm; kxcf; kwtf; metal; music; final strawDownloads: 25

Grand Jury in NYC; also, Marie Mason and June 11 - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week, William speaks to Dave about Jerry Koch. Jerry is a New York Anarchist resisting (for the 2nd time) a GJ in NYC.JerryResists.netAlso, Bursts speaks to Bella about Marie Mason, long term ecological, animal rights, labor and anarchist activist. Marie is also serving a 22 year sentence. Bella also talks about the upcoming day of Solidarity with Marie Mason, Eric McDavid and Other Longterm Anarchist Prisoners on June 11th.supportmariemason.orgjune11.orgPlaylist can be found here(Als...Keywords:ashevillefm; final straw; kxcf; kwtf; repression; supportDownloads: 84

Blasts from the not-so-distant past - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's show presents an hour of music I was into about 10 years ago: Indie Rock, Emo, Alt-Rock. The show includes some less well-known, Northern California acts like The Wunder Years, Rum Diary and Life in Braille. Enjoy! Archived at ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw through 2-27-12, afterwards at archive.org by searching this show's title.Keywords:emo; indie rock; ashevillefm; bursts; final straw; kxcf; kwtfDownloads: 14

FinalStraw 06-10-12 - Bursts O'GoodnessA few announcements about planned protests in Asheville around the Westborough Baptist Church's plans to protest the Billy Graham Center (!?) and the vote on Tuesday on the Business Improvement District by city council. The rest of the show is metal. :PKeywords:final straw; kxcf; kwtf; bursts o'goodness; bid; metal; ashevillefmDownloads: 23

Partner, there's a tiger in these tight fittin jeans... - Bursts O'GoodnessA newer take on an older show by the same title. To qoute the older blog: "It gets lonely up here by the broadcast tower, winds howling as the summer turns to winter, skipping autumn (apparently). Let me welcome you into the twilight with some lovely Country, Alt-Country, Outlaw and more. An hour of chaps, boot-scootin' and geetars." Available at www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw through 1/29/12, after on www.archive.org by searching the show title.Keywords:country; alt-country; outlaw; final straw; bursts; ashevillefmDownloads: 45

Luis Leon of the Dream 9 - Bursts O'Goodnessfrom AshevilleFM Luis Leon was born in Veracruz, Mexico but has been living in the U.S. since the age of 5 with his parents. In 2011, after graduating high school in Marion, NC, Luis self-deported to Mexico because of the high cost of higher education to undocumented immigrants here. In July, he and 8 other immigrants who'd been living in the U.S. attempted to publicly re-enter from Mexico. This week's episode features a conversation with Luis about his experiences in Western NC, moving back to ...Keywords:luis leon; immigration; north carolina; ashevillefm; kxcf; kwtf; final strawDownloads: 75

Interview: Bursts O'Goodness of FinalStraw Radio - Free Radical RadioAs part of Free Radical Radio's interview series, Rydra interviews Bursts of FinalStraw Radio. They discuss how FinalStraw came to be, get a little bit personal, talk about the future of the show and anarchist media in general, talk prisoner support and what that means/looks like, discuss how they deal with socialists pushing newspapers and holding megaphones, and much much more. FinalStraw: http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/Free Radical Radio IndieGoGo: https://www.indiegogo.com/...Keywords:anarchist media; anarchy; green anarchy; final straw; ftp; acabDownloads: 108

An hour of Chumbawamba - Bursts O'Goodnessfrom http://www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw/09/2011/an-hour-of-chumbawambas-music-through-the-ages : This hour show features various songs by the almost 30-year-old british anarcho-band, Chumbawamba. Featured songs range from their early punk roots, through their pop stages as well as their folk songs. I hope you enjoy. No tubthumping, please.Keywords:chumbawamba; final straw; bursts o'goodness; anarcho-punk; folk; punkDownloads: 152

Crime Thought - William Goodenufffrom AshevilleFM This week on the show we interview Bay Area author Alden Wood about his book "Crime Thought; Theorizing CrimethInc." published in 2012 by Little Black Cart. In this interview we discuss the anarchist publishing project CrimethInc., which has been active and extremely prolific since the early 1990's. It serves as an entry point for many people who are just becoming acquainted with anarchism as a political ideology...Keywords:kxcf; kwtf; ashevillefm; anarchism; final straw; crimethinc; alden woodDownloads: 246

Black Bloc: The legacy of the Kreuzberg Riots of 1987 - Bursts O'Goodnessfrom AshevilleFM This week's episode of the FinalStraw features a conversation on a divisive and spectacular tactic that for many outside of the movement defines what an anarchist is: the black bloc. We speak to a comrade who was present in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on May Day of 1987 when thousands of autonomous activists (of the Autonomen movement of which our guest was and is a member) and erected burning barricades while physically resisting the state...Keywords:ashevillefm; kwtf; kxcf; final straw; germany; kreuzberg; autonomen; anarchism; riotDownloads: 317

NSA leaks and computer security - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's episode features two conversations. The first is with Micah Lee of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the NSA leaks and what information that came out of it (at the time of this show's airing) was actually new and a general overview of what government surveillance in the U.S. looks like over computers.The second conversation is with the Bay Area-based hacker, Bill Silverfox. Bill works with Hackmeet.org. We spend most of the hour discussing different communication technol...Keywords:ashevillefm; kxcf; kwtf; final straw; hacker; anarchist; computer; securityDownloads: 248

Nihilist Anarchism - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's show features a conversation with one of the editors of the recently released journal of Nihilist Anarchism called Attentat, available from Little Black Cart. We explore some of the history of the term nihilism and some of the philosophical underpinnings to it, as well as what intellectual nihilism today and active nihilism today look like around the world and in the U.S. in particular. The editor speaks about what they think nihilism can bring to anarchism and vice-versa.More info...Keywords:philosophy; nihilism; anarchism; kwtf; kxcf; ashevillefm; final straw; consequencesDownloads: 531

Support CeCe McDonald - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's show features a conversation with Katie Burgess of the Trans Youth Support Network about the case of CeCe McDonald. Chrishaun âCeCeâ McDonald is a young African American transgender woman who is charged with two counts of âsecond degree murderâ after an incident that began when she was violently assaulted because of her gender and race. We'll talk about some of the realities of how gender and race are dealt with by police and prisons and critiques of the effectiveness of Hate Cri...Keywords:cece; mcdonald; trans; final straw; bursts; o'goodness; afm; ashevillefm; katie burgess; queer; minneapolis; mnDownloads: 73

Get healthy for the General Strike - Bursts O'Goodnessfrom http://www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw/04/2012/get-healthy-for-the-general-strike : For this week's show I've put together a workout mix which i'll present without interruption so that it can be played back with ease. As the May 1st General Strike approaches it's important that those of us participating get into good shape, or keep ourselves toned. I hope that this mix will inspire you to make your own mix and to, if you are able, go running or biking with friends, start regiments of pu...Keywords:general strike; may day; health; final straw; bursts o'goodness; ashevillefm.org; kwtf; kxcfDownloads: 58

Right outta Eeyore's playlist - Bursts O'GoodnessSome local and national announcements followed by almost an hour of wicked sludge and doom metal. Check out the playlist at http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/4285 . The show will be available at www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw from 3/26-4/1/12 and afterwards downloadable at archive.org by searching the show title. Enjoy!Keywords:stoner; sludge; post-metal; black; metal; final straw; bursts o'goodnessDownloads: 13

Survivors of Bashings Speak Out in Exclusive Interview (May 09, 2010) - Bursts O'GoodnessA resurfaced archive of our first show. now almost 3 years ago on May 09, 2010. From the blog post:We were lucky enough to be allowed to interview two folks from the LGBTQI communities this week directly effected by the spate of bashings in Asheville. We'll talk about their and others' attempts to organize for more safety in the streets of our city, the March taking place on Wednesday (5/12) in Montford, and their experiences of being female bodied and LGBTQI/LGBTQI-perceived. We'll also t...Keywords:final straw; ashevillefm; kxcf; kwtf; safe streets; bash; queer; asheville; lgbtqiiDownloads: 21

Occupy Wall Street (in Asheville?) - Bursts O'Goodness(originally posted at http://www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw/09/2011/occupy-wall-street-in-asheville) 200 to 300 bodies occupy the space and sleep on the street right next to Wall Street, financial hub of the east coast. To some, the place symbolizes the living and breathing Sacre Coeur of Capitalism, the highest stage of human global awareness and economy. A system offering to break down monolithic governments and swap them for more democratic ones and to scoop the ingenious and hard workin...Keywords:occupy; wall street; asheville; ashevillefm.org; the final straw; bursts o'goodnessDownloads: 19

A Story of Hip Hop - Bursts O'GoodnessThis hour's show is the product of late night obsession. Some of my favorite instrumental turntablist and mash tracks by some of the greats of Hip Hop (and some who wouldn't fit easily under that flag). I hope you enjoy and, if you haven't already, suggest that you find a copy of the inspirational and informative documentary, Scratch (2002) for AMAZING interviews and original footage of this cultural movement from the eyes of the DJ...Keywords:hiphop; hip-hop; hip; hop; final straw; bursts o'goodness; turntablism; dj; mashup; ashevillefmDownloads: 159

FinalStraw: ZAD: some views from inside - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's episode of the FinalStraw features a conversation with Cami, a resident of the ZAD (Zone À Défendre or Zone To Defend) speaks about experiences of living on, defending, struggling on and with the project and the people in Western France and against the police, airport expansion and fascists.Backstory: Notre-Dame-des-Landes (NDDL) in western France has been the target of the French government and private corporations like Vinci Construction for the building of new infrastructure. ...Keywords:ashevillefm; final straw; zad; france; vinci; nantes; notre-dame-des-landes; squat; anarchism; anarchy; repressionDownloads: 189

ZAD: some views from the inside - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's episode of the FinalStraw features a conversation with Cami, a resident of the ZAD (Zone À Défendre or Zone To Defend) speaks about experiences of living on, defending, struggling on and with the project and the people in Western France and against the police, airport expansion and fascists.Backstory: Notre-Dame-des-Landes (NDDL) in western France has been the target of the French government and private corporations like Vinci Construction for the building of new infrastructure. ...Keywords:ashevillefm; final straw; anarchist; zad; squat; vinci; airport; notre-dame-des-landes; nantes; franceDownloads: 5

Hannah Dobbz on Squatting in the U.S. - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week's show features a conversation with Hannah Dobbz about their new book, Nine-Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States. Hannah was also the creator of the documentary "Shelter: A Squatumentary". We talk about squatting in the U.S., homesteading, market values, views on squat resistance in other countries from the U.S. and more. The latter half of the show features a musical selection from the metal and gothy end of the spectrum...Keywords:final straw; ashevillefm; kwtf; kxcf; hannah dobbz; squat; ak press; author; anarchism; property; homestead; occupyDownloads: 154

The Lucasville 5 - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week, we spoke with Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan who is facing the death penalty for his role as a negotiator during the prisoner uprising at the SOCF facility in Lucasville in April of 1993. Hasan, as well as 4 other prisoners, have become known as the Lucasville 5. 4 of them are charged with the death of a prison guard by the name of Bobby Vallandingham as well as 9 inmates considered to be snitches...Keywords:lucasville; ashevillefm; kxcf; kwtf; final straw; prison; uprising; hasan; carlos sanders; political prisonerDownloads: 91

CA Prisoner Hunger Strike roundup with Ed Mead - Bursts O'GoodnessThis week William talks with Ed Mead, editor of CA Prison Focus magazine to discuss the results of the hunger and work strikes that swept west coast prisons since July, resulting in one prisoner death and at one point including the participation of 30,000 hunger strikers. The strike, the third over two years, was meant to bring attention to and pressure against the state for it's practices of indefinite detention in solitary confinement without recourse, the silencing of prisoner activists, la...Keywords:ashevillefm; kxcf; kwtf; final straw; ed mead; hunger strike; prison; metal; punk; solitaryDownloads: 94